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March 8 practice quotes: Dustin Penner

On his recent play with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter:
“As a line we’ve played well lately. Obviously when you throw Carts on there, who has 15 goals, usually the other two guys are going to feel good about the [play]. We’ve been great on draws, especially in the last game, so that leads to puck possession. We haven’t been throwing away pucks. As I say, one-and-done. You get down there, try to make a quick play off a stick and out of the zone. We’ve been putting pucks in the right spots, getting down there, creating a forecheck, and then cycling the puck and waiting for the right time to make a play on them.”

On whether that line’s cycle and possession play is getting closer to the level of last spring:
“If you asked us, we’d probably say no. Maybe it looks like it from the outside looking in, but we can’t get complacent, and our coaching staff hasn’t allowed us to. We think we can play better.”

On moving on from the defensive breakdowns of Thursday night’s game:
“I think you can attribute…at least two of their goals to puck luck. That’s what happens. Sometimes we get it in a situation like last night, where the puck is bouncing for them and we were taking it to them, I thought, in parts of the game. You have to work a lot harder to beat a bouncing puck that’s bouncing in their direction. Jagr’s first goal where Benn throws it on net, it comes right back to his stick, backdoor. Of the faceoff, off a body, off a skate, backdoor. Things like that – when that’s happening to you, you have to recognize that and realize that tonight you’re going to have to work a lot harder to earn a victory.”

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#27 | 6′ 1″ | 210 lb | Age: 29

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Bio: Martinez was drafted by the LA Kings in the 2007 Draft, while playing for Miami University. He has since become a two-time Stanley Cup champion and the 17th man in Stanley Cup playoff history to score the Cup-winning goal in overtime.

#11 | 6′ 3″ | 224 lb | Age: 29

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As the 11th overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Kopitar became the first Slovenian to play in the NHL. Kopitar has spent his entire NHL career with the Kings, and following the 2015–16 season, was named the Kings’ captain. Noted for both his offensive and defensive play, Kopitar was awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best defensive forward in the NHL in 2016.

#8 | 6′ 1″ | 195 lb | Age: 26

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Bio: Doughty is a Canadian defenceman who was selected second overall by the Kings in the 2008 Draft. Doughty made his NHL debut in 2008 as an 18-year-old and was named to the All-Rookie Team. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Kings, a two-time Olympic gold medallist with the Canadian national team, and a Norris Trophy finalist.

#73 | 6′ 1″ | 200 lb | Age: 24

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Toffoli is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, drafted by the Kings in the second round of the 2010 Draft. Toffoli scored his first career NHL goal in his second game in a 4–0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in 2013. He was also named the 2012–13 AHL All-Rookie Team.VIEW TYLER TOFFOLI POSTS

Jeff Carter

#77 | 6′ 4″ | 215 lb | Age: 31

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Carter began his hockey career playing in the Ontario Hockey League in Canada before joining the AHL and playing for the Philadelphia Flyers. He was then traded to the Colombus Blue jackets before joining the LA Kings in 2012, where he has since won two Stanley Cups with the Kings.

#32 | 6′ 1″ | 218 lb | Age: 30

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Bio: Quick is the current goaltender for the LA Kings and was selected by Los Angeles at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Previously, Quick was a silver medalist with USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He’s won two Stanley Cup championships with the Kings, along with being the most recent goaltender to be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs.